This is an analysis of the poem We Be In Deep Doo that begins with:

It takes more time than one would think,
To find words to have them link and sink......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcc defba Xbfcb Xgffh XibbbfgX jdjheiXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111111 011010111 00010111 010101010 00101001010 10101000001001 101000010 1101010100010111 011011111 0010101111100101 10100111011101 10110001 0100101000111 010010 10110101011101 10110101101 11001101100011001 10101100101 10011101011001 010100001010010101 10 11100101 011100101 11011011011101 1 10 10011 111111 010 1110111 11110110 11001001010 010 1010001 010010010111010 001001000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with, that, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of We Be In Deep Doo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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